March / April 2005
Ontario institutions urged to apply for CANARIE funding
$15 million available
ORION is urging Ontario institutions to apply for up to $15 million in funding available under the new CANARIE Intelligent Infrastructures Program (CIIP).
CANARIE, Canada’s advanced Internet development organization, hopes to encourage scientific and educational collaboration in the development of innovative optical network applications.
Funding is available to researchers and institutions involved in projects specifically utilizing User Controlled LightPaths (UCLP) and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to fortify new applications in areas such as sensor and control networks and related commercial applications.
CANARIE views UCLP as part of a broad range of related infrastructure developments that we have called "Intelligent Infrastructure".
Funding for the current CIIP is $15 million and CANARIE will support up to 75% of eligible costs. Projects are required to fund a minimum of 25 per cent of total costs from non-government sources. The maximum size of a contribution to a project in this competition is $2 million.
“This a great opportunity to identify creative ideas and make the most of institution’s connection to ORION and CA*net 4,” said ORION President and CEO Phil Baker, who is calling on researchers at Ontario colleges and universities and other connected institution to consider projects that might be eligible.
ORION is prepared to assist research members and institutions in their projects by pulling potential proposal proponents together, identifying synergies, opportunities and partners, by offering other kinds of assistance.
Of special interest are strategies and applications that relate to such business models as supply chain management, or process control systems that can exploit the capabilities of broadband networks.
An example of a possible CIIP eligible projects might involve integrating and improving existing collaborative tools using web services to become the preferred collaborative environment for three geographically separated groups of artists or researchers to work more effectively; or possibly a sensor network project that uses web services to control a set of distributed remote sensors and links them to a distant database.
Another project example is developing a high quality audio and video wall using web services and workflow between three universities across CA*net 4 for music training; or a project to use web services security and workflow with micro-firewalls to enable control of a distributed instrument network for water quality management.
The CIIP deadline for submissions is May 2, 2005. For more information and proposal criteria, visit www.canarie.ca/funding/ciip/index.html
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